With more than 200,000 doses of vaccine given and more than 460,000 people registered through the state's online portal at last count, Oklahomans' interest
State health officials are dealing with the sudden news extra doses of COVID-19 vaccine are not coming. The Washington Post reported on Friday there was no
More than a quarter million Oklahomans have registered through the COVID vaccine portal since Wednesday, according to the state health department. At the
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With vaccinations in the phase two priority group potentially starting this week, Oklahoma will not adopt new COVID vaccine priority recommendations from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group.
Last week, the CDC recommended putting frontline essential workers and adults 75 or older next in line after medical personnel caring for COVID patients and nursing home residents and staff.
Those 65 or older and adults with health problems putting them at risk of death from the illness are in the CDC’s third priority group. Deputy State Health Commissioner Keith Reed said Oklahoma will keep most essential workers in phase three and vulnerable adults in phase two.
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Oklahomans in phase two of the state’s COVID vaccination plan may start getting their shots before the end of the year.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Lance Frye said with two vaccines being shipped now, estimates for how many doses Oklahoma will receive are up, and the state has entered a new stage of fighting the pandemic. We feel like we’re going to be able to start into phase two of our distribution through certain parts of the state as early as next week. We anticipate receiving and distributing a total of 174,900 vaccine doses before the end of this year, Frye said.